by Tom Gaylord
Writing as B.B. Pelletier
This report covers:
- Dust Devil
- The Mark 2
- BB weight in grains
- Smaller belly band
- Production is up to speed
- How can I test them?
- 499
- Legends MP40
- Future BB gun tests
- Impact tests
- Bada Bang
- Is that all?
- Old Dust Devils
- New Dust Devils
- Daisy Premium Grade BBs
- Summary
I have been waiting for this day for a long time. The new Air Venturi Dust Devil Mark 2 is finally here! And that begs the question — what makes it a Mark 2? In recent years we have become used to companies launching new but not fully developed products, in a rush to get them to market. Then they bring out the improved Mark 2 version the following year, after all the fatal flaws have been found and fixed. Hard goods are now being treated like software releases!
Dust Devil
Well, not so, the Dust Devil. It has worked as advertised from day one. It’s a steel BB made from steel dust, so it fragments back into into dust on contact with a hard surface. I have tested it in dozens of different BB guns over the several years it has been around. Which begs the question — why is there a Mark 2?
The Mark 2
According to the Pyramyd AIR website the Mark 2 Dust Devil has a tighter weight tolerance, BB to BB. Is that really the case? I weighed 10 of each BB for you and provide the following.
BB weight in grains
Old Dust Devil………Dust Devil Mark 2
4.3………………………….4.6
4.4………………………….4.6
4.3………………………….4.6
4.4………………………….4.6
4.3………………………….4.5
4.3………………………….4.6
4.3………………………….4.7
4.4………………………….4.5
4.4………………………….4.7
4.4………………………….4.6
Okay, that’s 10 of each BB straight from the container. It’s not scientific and the sample size is too small, but it’s what came out of the packages. The old Dust Devils had five that weighed 4.3 grains and five that weighed 4.4 grains. The new Dust Devils had six that weighed 4.6 grains, two that weighed 4.5 grains and 2 that weighed 4.7 grains. So the old Dust Devils varied less, light to heavy, and the new Dust Devils have more that weigh the same. Incidentally, these are the same ranges of weight variation seen in most premium BBs today, only the solid steel ones all start at around 5.1 grains.
The second thing we learn from this is the new Dust Devils are heavier than the old ones. The difference is small, but at that low weight it is significant.
Smaller belly band
The description also says the new Dust Devils have a smaller belly band that aids in accuracy and in feeding in certain spring-loaded BB magazines. I will test the BB magazine feeding later, but today let’s look at the belly band.
It’s easy to tell the difference between the old Dust Devils and the new ones. Not only is the belly band reduced in size, the new ones are much shinier.
Production is up to speed
The first time Dust Devils were launched they sold out in a couple days and people had to wait for production to catch up. With this launch Pyamyd Air has waited until they had a large stock of the new BBs before announcing it. I knew they were coming a long time ago and kept my mouth shut until production was fully ramped up.
How can I test them?
I have many things I want to test for you. I think first I will start with the Springfield Armory M1 Carbine that is my most accurate general-purpose BB gun. I will test the old Dust Devils, the new ones, a standard premium BB and maybe a BB that my Carbine found the most accurate.
499
Of course I will also test them in the Daisy 499 — the world’s most accurate BB gun. And there I will pit them against the Avanti Precision Ground Shot that I expect to be the most accurate. But I will also shoot the old Dust Devils for comparison. I will try to test both the Carbine and the 499 in the same report. I think once it is established these are accurate you don’t need to see more testing to make your decision to purchase. But I will continue to test.
Legends MP40
For feeding reliability I will test them in the Umarex Legends MP40 BB submachinegun. I have so much wanted a safe BB for that gun!
Future BB gun tests
And of course I will shoot them in most future BB guns tests I conduct. I like to test all the types of BBs in most guns and these are definitely one type that has no equal anywhere.
Impact tests
I plan on shooting them at a concrete floor and also into a steel pellet trap. For this test I will use a lower-velocity BB gun so we see if they really do break apart as specified. The old ones did, so let’s see about these.
Bada Bang
I’m about to start testing the Bada Bang electronic target for you and I waited until I could test it with the new Dust Devils. The Bada Bang is a very rugged target that will stand up to 12 foot-pounds of energy, but it will also function with much lower-powered BB guns. It is a steel target, so of course the BBs have to be safe from rebounds.
The Bada Bang electronic target begs to be shot fast with an accurate BB repeater!
Is that all?
I weighed and photographed both BBs today. Let me now test their velocity for you and give you a standard premium steel BB for comparison. I will use a current Red Ryder to test both velocity and feeding reliability in a gravity-feed BB gun.
Old Dust Devils
Old Dust Devils averaged 303 f.p.s. from a modern Red Ryder. The low was 283 and the high was 312 f.p.s., so the spread was 29 f.p.s.
New Dust Devils
New Dust Devils averaged 274 f.p.s. from the same BB gun. The low was 261 and the high was 284 f.p.s., so the spread was 23 f.p.s.
Daisy Premium Grade BBs
With Daisy Premium Grade BBs the Red Ryder averaged 282 f.p.s. The low was 274 and the high was 286 f.p.s., so the spread was 12 f.p.s.
Summary
We have a new Dust Devil to test. I will keep after them, but you should know if they are what you want after the first accuracy test. That will be next.
BB
What diameter is the new Dust devil band compared to the old Dust devils. And also the diameter of the ball compared to the old and new ones.
What diameter is the steel bb’s you tested the velocity on also. That way we have a comparison there also on the steel bb’s and the new and old Dust devils.
B.B.
The report begs 2 questions:
1. Would the same technology be applicable to shotgun shot?
2. Do the fragments that remain rust?
Thanks,
-Yogi
Yogi,
You might get away with using them in a shotgun if you used the polymer filler pellets to prevent them from rattling around and to pad them during acceleration. The issue there is you are going to be eating the steel dust. Now as a defense round that might work pretty cool, especially with larger shot, say #1 buck.
I am certain the frags will rust. Regular bbs will when the coating is scratched.
Yogi,
Yes, it is applicable to shotgun shot. I would imagine the particles do rust.
B.B.
BB is gonna test beeebees.
BB is gonna test beeebees.
I just may have to pick up a pack of these to try in my 99. It would be nice to plink at my plinking targets. Oh by the way, for those of you who have not had a bb ricochet back and hit you in the face, I can testify they will. You had best be sure to protect those eyes. They are all you get.
” Oh by the way, for those of you who have not had a bb ricochet back and hit you in the face, I can testify they will.”
RidgeRunner, I’m with you on that; that’s why I don’t shoot BBs at my knock-down steel targets…
…but if these Dust Devils are accurate, I may try some on steel just for fun; thanks.
Take care,
dave
Dave,
I have had that happen on wood.
Dave and RR,
For sure on wood, ancient garage in the back of my family home. Used a rock to hammer a tack through a paper target and into that dry, almost petrified wood siding. Walked about 15 steps away and shot a BB at the target from my Red Ryder gun. I saw the BB going toward the target and almost as rapidly bounce back and strike my glasses with a sharp “clack.”
I was invincible at that age so just took a few steps back and continued to shoot at the target. Hadn’t thought about the incident until we saw “Christmas Story.”
Dan
Dan, wow! A scene right out of the movie…thanks for sharing! =>
Ah yes. A Christmas Story. My brother-in-law’s favorite Christmas movie. I am clueless to how many times I have seen it.
RR,
I get ricochets from other targets too. Even ones you might think would “give” a little.
My favorite target: political signs. (I know… this just begs for jokes…)
Those signs are plentiful, free, and seat into the ground nicely with their wire frame. Put on a peel-n-stick target, and you’re in business. But most signs are a ribbed plastic… and BBs dont penetrate.It just throws the BB back at you.
Better have those glasses on.
StarboardRower
bb = bouncing ball
Who’s on the port side?
Nobody, I’m afraid. Maybe that’s why I keep going in circles? 🙂
StarboardRower
That could just be it.
B.B.
Looking forward to your testing on this 2nd gen sintered steel? ammo test.
The band is like the one a cricket ball has. The pitcher will shine one side of the ball
on his trousers and leave the other side rough, to help with the spin.
The badda bang target is interesting to me too. My Synergis is too much for it tho.
Hope these work well.
Best,
Rob
B.B.,
The difference the photo shows is cosiderable. The belly bands notwithstanding, does a rough texture make roundballs more or less accurate in rifling? In a smoothbore? Obviously, more steel powder and less binding material could account for weight differences, but are the new ones different in size? Are they more or less uniform?
Michael
B.B.,
Off-topic, but my wife and I are considering buying an inexpensive 2-person raft for occasional use, going to sites with it uninflated and returning with it mostly deflated. Does anyone here have experience using HPA bottles and/or DC powered HPA compressor for filling these low PSI (but relatively high volume) inflatables?
I believe that “self-inflating” life rafts and air mattresses have at times used CO2 cannsiters, but I would be worried about cracking the inexpensive vinyl on a recreational inflatable with super-cold air. On the other hand, if CO2 is an option, we would consider it.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts.
Michael
OFF TOPIC
Michael,
You do not say what exactly you have in mind, but I do have some experience with infatables, from a Zodiac at one time to my kid’s small rafts.
With the exception of high pressure (relative term!) inflatable floors on top end models I believe that the best overall inflator is a dedicated low pressure-high volume turbine, like those used for inflatable mattresses that can be run from batteries or better yet, from your car’s 12 volt outlets. A vacuum cleaner in reverse works quite well too, but you generally need AC line voltage for them. Avoid anything with the name ‘compressor’ in it.
As a side note, lately I favor modern kayaks. They provide a good balance of safety and exploring capabilities, besides a much needed workout. Good inflatable ones are not cheap though.
Whatever you get, do not forget a good life jacket, and have safe fun.
Henry
Henry,
Thanks much for the response.
My wife and I have shoulder issues that mean this will be about lolling around, not getting a workout in a kayak or canoe. Also, I am thinking of lower-end rafts such as those sold online for under $300. So something like your kids’ small rafts except for the small part. And as an avid waterskier in my younger years, I still have some high-end life vests and an appreciation for their necessity.
Michael
Henry,
Thanks very much, Henry.
You prompted me to go to the huge auction site, and I found there actually are many 400lpm, 12volt/car cigarette lighter powered pumps out there for very little money. They also deflate, like a shop vac does, which is a bonus.
I knew this was a great place to come for answers. Thanks very much, again, Henry.
Michael
Michael,
Glad to be of help, even in a minor way.
On your other comment, I also had shoulder issues a few years back but physical therapy saved me from surgery. That’s was a good deal!
By the way, paddling doesn’t hurt my shoulders, but I am not suggesting you do it – every person is different. Best luck!
Henry
Henry,
My wife has a touch of arthritis on one shoulder, and I have a congenital defect in both shoulders and the same defect but mirror-imaged in both hips. I can hold and lift my arms forward with no problem, but raising them sideways or in a windmill throwing motion has always caused pain (and over the years scarring inside the joints). For me PT would be of no help. I believe even laparoscopic surgery wouldn’t take care of it, only full invasive opening up of the joint. And of course, that would be X2. No thanks.
Michael
Michael,
You don’t want HPA attached to your raft. Rafts inflate to single digit pressures and their firmness will fluctuate as the air inside warms and cools. If you were to try to top up your raft with a HPA tank you could blow it to smithereens. I have owned a number of inexpensive rafts that I built transoms for and mounted trolling motors to them. It is also easy to make a 2 piece floor board for them that allows you to mount a swivel seat to an inverted milk crate and set it on a firm surface. My wife and I probably got over 50 weekend fishing trips out of a SEA EAGLE 9 that we owned for about 7 years and I used it alone another 30 or 40 times. The inflatable that I currently have is an INTEX Mariner 4. It is made of thicker PVC than the Sea Eagle and has more reinforcement on the bottom but the Sea Eagle had higher gunwales and my wife preferred that. Both are very comfortable for 2 people to bobber fish from. Ultralight rods will all but eliminate the smacks to the face, the unintended smacks, at least. But, you wanted inflating recommendations so here’s mine. Ryobi makes a great low pressure inflate/deflater that runs forever on one of their 18 volt+ tool batteries and inflates boats of this size in less than 10 minutes while you just watch. It’s small and light and much more compact to keep with you on the boat for adjusting the air pressure that a hand pump. Just for the record, a duo action hand pump will also do a fast fill or deflate, provided you don’t go too cheap. The Ryobi blower is also great for blowing crap off the picnic table or work bench or the sheet of plywood that you just sawed in two.Probably the best reason to avoid HPA or CO2 is that they can’t suck the air out of your boat when it’s time to put it away. I takes a lot of effort to squeeze the air out of a multi chambered inflatable.
Hope this helps.
Half
Shootski
The raft is probably to much volume to blow it to smithereens with hpa. Crack the bottle open slow and I’ll bet it will work.
GF1,
It was me that thought the boat might pop, not Shootski. I said that it could pop if you were to try to top off a boat that was already nearly full. That has to be done regularly because the water temp will shrink the air then you beach the boat to eat lunch and the sun heats it up, etc.
It really isn’t the big issue though. The tank would be heavier than the pump I mentioned, the raft will have a fill valve that’s meant to be fitted to a pump like I described without doing any Jerry-rigging, the pump will be incapable of creating a pressure that would pop a boat, the pump can suck the air out of the boat, the pump is smaller than any HPA tanks that I’ve seen and it’s handy to have to blow yourself with if you get too hot out on the lake. There just isn’t any good reason to mess with HPA tanks and I think portable HPA pumps would be even worse.
Half
Half
How the Heck did I get Shootski out of it?
Anyway I was thinking a 80 cubic foot tank or such. Not a compressor. Although the HPA compressor would be more forgiving than a HPA tank or bottle. Big volume and less given air flow than a tank or bottle.
In the end. A compressor and generator or battery would be unwanted weight and room taken up on the raft. But a fair sized carbon fiber tank could be the ticket. Me I don’t know. Haven’t never really thought about it.
GF1,
I am curious too. How much air would it take from an 80 cu. ft. tank pumped to 4500 psi to fill a large 2 person raft to 10 or 20 psi? How many could be filled? Could it even fill 1?
The whole deflation issue is the big thing. Having a reversible blower would the golden ticket for that like Half said. I remember the inflatable camping air mattresses from when we were kids. A real pain to deflate as I recall.
Chris
Chris,
It would be more like 4 psi for the rafts that Michael is talking about.
Half
Chris,
Here’s my size 9 shoe, my HPA tank, and my inflator. HPA solutions are just not viable.
Half
Half,
Ooooops! Replied way at the bottom.
Chris
Chris
Somebody here probably knows the formula to figure that out. Not me. 🙂
Gunfun1,
I have had great results with one of these: https://www.nrs.com/product/17091/nrs-5-barrel-pump
They are great when you have no source of electricity and even better when your raft/inflatable gets holed in the middle of a run 🙁 Then you pump like heck (think stronger word here:‑X) with a smallish hole until someone gets the temporary repair tape out of the box, ready and slapped on the rip!
shootski
Shootski
Nice pump.
Half,
I use Rotary Cooling (INTENTIONAL capsize with roll back up) when I’m In my EPIC 18X and get too warm! Benefits of a proper fitting sprayskirt 😉
shootski
Half,
Thanks for all of the information. My wife and I will probably get a large Intex.
Michael
Michael,
NRS IS a well respected and trusted outfitter: https://www.nrs.com/category/3196/rafting/inflatables?gclid=CjwKCAiAnfjyBRBxEiwA-EECLLilJL2mJf3njfEU75TC9fSY8sVp9jThFAZLmlzqsmu9XXK3YrWH8RoCFpMQAvD_BwE
They have lots of educational videos and informative write-ups.
They have power and manual inflators/pumps that also deflate too: https://www.nrs.com/search/?q=Inflators
Remember buy QUALITY once cry once! ALSO, your life may be depending on the vessel’s capabilities! Always carry a whistle/airhorn as well as a flashlight. Oh and dress for the water temperature not the air temperature Realize that experienced kayakers, paddle boarders, canoers, and rafters say, Cotton (clothing) Kills for good reason!
Bon Voyage!
shootski
Shootski,
Is there a magic number for hypothermia? Somewhere I read that 50 degrees F is the danger zone, is that true? Of course time in the water is a big factor.
Mike
Mike,
Moulton Avery is a good friend of mine he has all the information you are looking for. He and I have paddle and swam a number of Nautical miles: http://www.coldwatersafety.org/nccwsRules3.html
Hypothermia is actually one of the lesser issues we are faced with. COLD SHOCK can kill within seconds as well as SWIM FAILURE unless you are wearing a proper Coast Guard rated life vest ([PFD] Personal Flotation Device) you will never have the chance of dying because of Hypothermia in 50°F/10°C water!
“Cold water can kill you in less than a minute. It’s actually so dangerous that it kills a lot of people within seconds. Thousands of people have drowned after falling into cold water and a lot of them died before they even had a chance to reach the surface.”
Interesting that you chose 50°F…that is VERY COLD water. I was taught in Deep Water survival that you can die of Hypothermia in 70°F water in about one to to days even with the air temperature remaining above the same temperature.
I wear a drysuit with thermal layers underneath suited to my worst case expected Time to Rescue this time of year and on warm days just shake my head when I see whole families in canoes wearing blue jeans and cotton T Shirts; usually with NO life vests worn or often none even in the canoe! That 50°F water only inches away is a most efficient killer.
But do read Multon’s outstanding work at the Link above and share it widely.
shootski
Shootski,
That is a great load of information I did not know, thanks for that.
Mike
Shootski, that is great information; I learned a lot I didn’t know! Thank you!
Shootski,
Thanks for all of that info. Ditto that for cotton in water. Many years ago I had to jump from a boat into a lake to rescue an elderly dog that was in distress and foundering. I was barefoot and peeled my shirt off, but my jeans really weighted me down a bit. I am thankful for a particular cotton t-shirt in “The Deep,” however. :^)
As for cold water temps, a wetsuit, even just a long-jon or shorty, helps. I once waterskied with just poly shorts and a ski vest on a Wisconsin lake in early November, and the air was in the lower 50s (an unusually warm day), but man that water had been pretty cold for a few weeks! I could not wait to get up on the ski, check out the wakes of the boat I was auditioning, and get off and out of the water. I’d skied with drysuits before, but there wasn’t one around to use that time.
Michael
Everyone,
I have been reading for several days that the comments are no longer coming to you via email. Is this still the case?
The Pyramyd AIR IT is still working on resolving several issues with WordPress and this blog and the more I can tell them the more they will know what to look for.
Thanks,
B.B.
B.B.,
I have recieved comments in response to my comments as recently as yesterday.
Michael
Michael,
Does it seem that you are getting all of them?
B.B.
B.B.,
I got this one, and some others. I do not recall going to a responding comment and seeing that others had also commented farther below without my receiving a niotifying e-mail. I hope that makes sense and helps.
Michael
Michael,
Thank you. That does help.
B.B.
B.B.,
Might some code in the automated e-mails be tripping spam filters due to some Windows or google updates? (FWIW I use yahoo mail.)
Michael
Michael,
I’m on a Mac, so I don’t think so. But thanks for the suggestion.
B.B.
Good point. I’m on a Windows machine. But some use Macs and gmail. My wife is an example
I also got mine, on a Windows 10 machine.
Henry
If someone wants to respond to this post we can throw Ubuntu Linux into the mix. I also use AOL and Gmail.
Larry in Algona
Elmo,
Do not think your platform should matter, it is just the sending of the email that is in question.
Anyway I am using Linux Mint 18.3 with Thunderbird 60.9.0 64 bit.
Mike
Larry,
Linux with AOL! Hmmm. Isn’t that kinda like riding a Panhead with training wheels? ;^) What I mean is that I think of Linux as hardcore and serious, but AOL is like the bunny hill at a Midwest skiing resort.
Michael
BB,
Replies (to my posts) seem to show up on my phone as well as the laptop E-mails. I can’t say it is 100% of the time, but overall it seems to be working.
I do not reply from my phone and will just delete them without reading. Pretty much the same on the laptop. I usually use the RSS, read the comments for the day, skipping the current day comments,.. then go to the actual current day blog to read the comments in order, as posted.
Chris
Chris,
Okay. I’m trying to determine if we (me too) are getting all of them, or just some.
Thanks,
B.B.
BB
I feel that I have gotten them all over the last several days. There was one case where someone responded to me but did it at the end of someone else’s comment and it went to them, I assume, but that wouldn’t indicate a problem.
Half
B.B., I did get an email last night containing two replies to a comment I made yesterday; thank you.
BB,
I get responses by email. I have had several over the past few days from you and Michael.
Ton,
Thanks. I’m now trying to determine what percent come through.
B.B.
B.B.,
I have an off-topic question about lubricating spring guns. I went back and read a couple of your reports:
/blog/2005/11/lubricating-your-spring-gun-part-1-chambers-mainsprings/
/blog/2006/02/hy-score-800-spring-pistol/
I just bought a Hy-Score 800 off eBay and should get it in about a week, so I am trying to find some information about how to get some lube to the internals without taking it apart; thank you.
Take care & God bless,
dave
Dave,
The mainspring can be partially seen and I think a good machine grade oil for that. They are lower velocity so Pellgunoil is what I used. But I put it on the shutter in hopes it would seep back to the piston. The piston in that gun moves backwards and also surrounds the barrel. It’s a unique system.
B.B.
“But I put it on the shutter in hopes it would seep back to the piston.”
Excellent; that’s the kind of info for which I was looking; thanks, B.B.! =>
B.B.,
I put some Crosman pellgun oil through the shutter, and lubed up all the pivot points; I can’t get a reading off my chronograph (not with any gun; it looks like it’s down for a bit), but the power seems a little less than my Tempest (which is also a .177). With JSB RS pellets, I got about a 2″ group at 10 feet; but with some old H&N match pellets, I got a 3/8″ group at 10 feet; so it has some plinking potential. I’m having a lot of fun with it on steel spinners on the 5-meter range…a cool old gun, a real piece of Americana! Thanks.
Take care & God bless,
dave
Dave,
That would be my guess at where the power should be. The accuracy was never up to that of other rifled pistols. It sounds good to me.
B.B.
B.B.,
I may have lucked out; in some of the scarce online info about that pistol, I read that the ones with steel rings for a seal had an oiling hole to oil the rings. I found such a hole, and added a few drops of oil. I still can’t get my chronograph to work, but the gun went from just hitting steel to being able to reset the resettable targets; also, penetration testing into light pine had the pellet from the HyScore (marked “H” on the left) penetrating the exact same distance into the board as the pellet from my Tempest (marked “T” on the right). My Tempest is a little on the light side, shooting 7.33 grain JSB RS pellets at 420 fps. So it appears the oil on the seals may have brought the pistol back up to around 400 fps. While it’s far from being the most powerful or accurate air pistol I own, I just love this thing as a really cool blast-from-the-past! Thank you for reporting on it, or I would never have bought one. =>
Take care & God bless,
dave
Dave,
Well that is something I never knew! Good for you!
B.B.
=>
The “old” style will fragment a bit just going through a corrugated cardboard target backer. I had steel dust (in front) of my target box/trap when testing the originals. These new ones seem to be (at least appear to be) more compacted.
It would be interesting to know the (reasoning) behind the design changes (from the makers). In other words,… the why’s. Also,…. as I recall,.. the originals were launched with a fair bit of fan fare and (actual testing in various air guns) to back up their claims. I would have liked to have seen a bit of that again with this latest launch.
Chris
Chris,
It was Aspenparis the inventor of the Dust Devil who gave us this look at the fragmentation
I aggree it would be cool to see the same gun and target with the new Dust Devil just to see if it looks any different. Of course he may have gone to other projects and someone else is making the new changes to his creation.
His original post is over here if you care to return to that thread /blog/2018/01/air-venturi-dust-devil-bbs-part-2/#comment-411137
Mike
Mike,
Thank you or digging that up. I remember being quite surprised when the inventor chimed in. That was nice.
Chris
Also,…. has anyone ever tested (actual) ball bearings,… made very precise,.. in a bb gun? Other than the added cost being a downside,… that would pretty much take ammo variations out of the equation all together.
Chris
BB,… Maybe get out the Granger or Mc Master Carr catalog and have a look see? 😉 Might take some looking,.. but it would darn sure make for an interesting test!
Chris,
Yes, that has been done. The Diana 30.
B.B.
BB,
I did a search on the 30 and scanned the (2) articles several times. I could find nothing on precision ball bearings being tried. Unless,.. it was in the comments? (173 comments in Part 1)
/blog/2018/08/diana-model-30-gallery-gun-part-2/
Chris
Chris,
The ammo the German make for that airgun ARE precision ball bearings! That’s was my point. I guess the article doesn’t spell it out that well.
B.B.
Mike in Atl
Right. I forgot, I also use Thunderbird.
Well, as far as the test goes, I received your response on all three of my email accounts – AOL, Gmail, and Thunderbird.
I was also able to pick up your response by monitoring my RSS feed. It appears IT has got a pretty good control of this.
LMo
Lmo,
I also use the RSS feed so I never miss a comment, I use my Comcast email in Thunderbird seems to work fine.
If you could reply here I would like to see if I am getting emails as well.
Mike
Mike in Atl
“Testing, testing. Is this Mic on?”
elmo (your spelling, not mine. 🙂
Elmo, Lmo, Hay Larry
Got it and got the email, remember every Mic is a live Mic.
B.B.
Check, seems I am getting emails from the blog at least this time.
Thanks
Mike
Look forward to your shooting test of the Umarex MP-40 with these BBs, BB. Just acquired the semiauto firearm version in 9mm; the Umarex replica will probably be the closest I’ll ever get to a full-auto MP-40 that is actually within budget and without having to jump all the regulatory hurdles.
Basil,
I hope! 😉 😉
B.B.
Michael
Sorry for the delay. Being on the west coast really has drawbacks time-wise. Big reason I don’t comment any more than I do. Practically every comment/observation or question I might have has most often already been posted by someone 2-3 time-zones east.
Yeah, :-> you have a point about the Linux and AOL. I started using Ubuntu 8.4 and AOL was the only mailer I could find that worked without me turning “hardcore”. For some reason I couldn’t get Thunderbird to work at the time. I do have Thunderbird now and GMail that I’m exploring all the features on.
I guess the bottom line is, I just don’t like too much change. I still consider PCPs as gong over to the “dark side”.
Larry in Algona
Half,
I can not argue with any of that. On the high pressure inflation topic,.. I would bet that there is large inflatables that can be inflated in just a matter of a few seconds,… like for military use and small ship/boat use. Shootski might have some insight on that? Probably a fixed volume tank, at a fixed pressure, to exhaust a fixed volume of air, to inflate to a fixed final pressure, for a fixed flotation vessel.
Pilot flotation vest? Commercial aircraft inflatable slides?
Chris
Size 9 eh? I wear a 13. I spray the sneakers down with some of that flex seal stuff and if the canoe sinks,… I have 2 back ups to hop right into! 😉
ChrisUSA,
Fast enough for you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCcINr-tk2U
CO2 and sometimes blended with Nitrogen because they are Inert gases and you get the best properties of both (at low/high temperature) that store well and since the CO2 is liquid state in the cylinders take up smaller space.
shootski
Shootski,
Thank you for the added insight. Yes, for the size that one is, that is pretty fast.
Chris